Jameson Tavern, whose owners intend to stay if the building is sold, has a rich history of ghost sightings and interstate politics.
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Former Farmington man sentenced for sexually abusing child
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison, with all but 10 years suspended, for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in Maine and Massachusetts. A Franklin County jury convicted Ross Adams, 52, of Martha’s Vineyard of felony unlawful sexual contact against a child under age 12 in June. The incidents occurred […]
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Massachusetts man, 27, dies in Carthage ATV crash
CARTHAGE — A Massachusetts man died Sunday afternoon following an ATV crash in Carthage. Taylor Curtin, 27, of Belchertown, Massachusetts, had been camping with friends at Rocky Mountain Terrain Park, off Winter Hill Road, where the crash occurred. Curtin had borrowed a friend’s 2007 Can AM 800 ATV and was returning to the campsite when the […]
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Charles McDonald
LEWISTON — Charles McDonald, 76, of Lewiston was promoted to grace on May 17 at Marshwood Nursing Facility in Lewiston. He was born Feb. 16, 1942, in Fall River, Mass., to parents Mary Sullivan and William McDonald. He graduated from Case High School in Swansea, Mass., Class of 1960. He always told me about his fond […]
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Feds join investigation of gas explosions that rocked Massachusetts homes
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — Investigators worked Friday to pinpoint the cause of a series of fiery natural gas explosions that killed a teen driver in his car just hours after he got his license, injured at least 25 others and left dozens of homes in smoldering ruins. Authorities said an estimated 8,000 people were displaced […]
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Dozens of gas explosions north of Boston destroy homes, kill teenager
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A series of gas explosions an official described as “Armageddon” killed a teenager, injured at least 10 other people and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scrambled to fight the flames and shut off the gas. Authorities […]
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Two Wilton residents, Mass. woman face federal drug charges
FARMINGTON — Two Wilton residents and a Massachusetts woman have each been indicted on a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute and possession of the opioid fentanyl. Dennis Ayala, 55, and Andrea Hoffman, 35, both of Wilton, and Patricia “Mama” Pimentel, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, were charged Aug. 23 with conspiracy to distribute and possess […]
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Priscilla C. Zaworski
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Priscilla Carolyn (Ring) Zaworski died peacefully Monday, Aug. 6, in Corvallis, Oregon. She was born April 23, 1928, to James William and Ruth Farrington Ring in Locke Mills village, town of Greenwood, in the same house in which her mother was born. She graduated from Gould Academy in nearby Bethel as one of […]
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Poland woman in fatal Massachusetts crash identified
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — State police have released the name of the Maine woman who died in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 391 earlier this week. The victim was identified Tuesday as 32-year-old Amanda Coward of Poland, Maine. Police say Coward was a passenger in a Volvo that went out of control, struck a pickup […]
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Massachusetts woman charged with stabbing husband
PARIS — A Massachusetts woman charged with stabbing her husband in the chest at a camp in Stoneham is free on bail, police said. Amanda Collins, 46, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was arrested on charges of Class A elevated aggravated assault and Class B aggravated assault, felonies punishable by up to 30 years and 10 years […]